Streamlined Referrals Improve the Patient Experience

will-oconnor 02 04, 2021

Recently at TigerSummit, Angeline Cosca, Chief Information Officer of Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centers, delivered a presentation centered on improving the patient experience and eliminating conflict by streamlining a hospital’s referral process. Based in Southern Nevada, Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging...

will-oconnor 11 18, 2020

As vital as they are to workflow efficiency and care quality, telehealth expansion and collaboration solutions have been limited and sporadically adopted. Because virtual care platforms are widespread across an organization, there generally isn’t one department that owns this type...

will-oconnor 10 26, 2020

As the gravity of lost revenue from COVID-19 hits home, hospitals and health systems are looking for any avenue they can find to offset the massive loss in revenue that came as elective procedures dried up and costs mounted for...

will-oconnor 09 29, 2020

Telehealth technology has become one of this year’s most prominent topics. As a critical reaction to the pandemic, a major rush toward telehealth and new technology adoption swept the healthcare industry. Many existing solutions ramped up their offerings and reprioritized...

will-oconnor 09 24, 2020

The patient journey is not always a one-and-done. It can often include a few stopovers at different facilities – the emergency department, ICU, skilled nursing facilities, and others. This is especially true for older patients and those with chronic conditions...

tigertextadmin 09 22, 2020

New Tech, New Hesitation As Ambulatory Informatics Project Manager at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Sandra Kalini works behind the scenes in the cancer care program to create efficiencies in communication, collaboration, and patient care. A typical day for Sandra...

tigertextadmin 08 19, 2020

When pursuing a career in healthcare, everyone has dreams and aspirations in mind. They’re eager to improve the quality of health in others and ensure a fulfilling career in what they’re most passionate about-- saving lives. But before they know...

chris 03 20, 2019

At HIMSS 2019 Dr. Will O’Connor, MD, CMIO at TigerConnect, sat down for a conversation with John Lynn, the Sr. Editor at healthcareITToday.com. They talked about physician burnout, EHR clicking and coding, the evolution of healthcare communication tools, and the...

chris 03 08, 2019

Some of technology's biggest players had a major presence on the exhibit floor at the 2019 HIMSS event -- chief among them where Google and Amazon. With these vendors and others like Apple and Walmart making strides to provide solutions...